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August Diehl
August Diehl is a prominent German actor who was born on 4th January 1976. He is world renowned for his impeccable portrayal of Gestapo major Dieter Hellstrom in Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds (2009) and as Michael "Mike" Krause, Evelyn Salt's spouse, in the film Salt. His star performances do not just end there. Diehl has also led in The Counterfeiters (2007), The Young Karl Marx (2017), and Terrence Malick's A Hidden Life (2019). His acting prowess was recognized in 2000 when the European Film Promotion named him one of European film's Shooting Stars. In 2024, he enthralled audiences with his role in the fantasy-drama The Master and Margarita, where he played a devil-like character named Woland. His newest projects include The Disappearance, where he plays Josef Mengele, and the action movie, Control. Diehl's repertoire will soon expand with a role in the 2025 fantasy-drama The Ice Tower. Born in West Berlin into a family of artists - his father was an actor, his mother a costume designer, and his brother a composer - Diehl had a peripatetic childhood which saw him living in France, Hamburg, Vienna, and Düsseldorf, before becoming an acting student at Hochschule für Schauspielkunst Ernst Busch in Berlin at 18.
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Given Name: August Diehl
Born: West Berlin, West Germany
Citizenship: Germany
Birthday: January 4, 1976
Occupations: Actor
Years Active: 1998-present
Children: 2
Spouses: Julia Malik
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Movies Featuring August Diehl
Munich: The Edge of War
A Hidden Life
The Young Karl Marx
The Command
The Last Vermeer
Plan A
Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin.
If Not Us, Who?
The Coming Days
Shores of Hope
Confession of a Child of the Century
Layla Fourie
Frau Ella
The Husband
The Disappearing Illusionist
Dark Diamond
Midnight Confession
Perfume
Close to the Enemy
The Emperor of Paris
The Birdcatcher
Bauhaus: A New Era
Kursk
The Last Vermeer
Haider lebt - 1. April 2021
Kalt ist der Abendhauch
The Birch-Tree Meadow
Kabale und Liebe
Slumming
Head Under Water
Shagging
Love in Thoughts
I Am the Other Woman
Nichts als Gespenster
Sauerdogs
The Robber Hotzenplotz
Mr. Kuka’s Advice
Sidonie in Japan
The Ice Tower
The Disappearance of Josef Mengele
The Perfumier
Dr. Alemán
23
23 - Der mysteriöse Tod eines Hackers
Buddenbrooks
The Ice Tower
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